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Smule makes friends with Tencent to secure $54m

The social music app developer has raised $54m in a Tencent-led round that valued it at $604m and will now look to expand in Asia.

May 10, 2017

Star48 rises to series C round

Existing investor Legend Capital has contributed to a series C round of undisclosed size for China-based entertainment provider Shanghai Star48 Culture and Media.

May 10, 2017

Sea absorbs $550m in cash

JG Summit Holdings and Uni-President Enterprises were among the investors as Tencent-backed internet company Garena rebranded to Sea and raised new funding.

May 9, 2017

Intel exits as Quotient eats Crisp

The transaction, worth up to $57.5m, will allow Intel Capital and the Singapore state-owned EDBI to exit adtech provider Crisp Media.

May 5, 2017

Whirlpool swallows up recipe platform Yummly

Intel, Unilever and Bauer Media will exit online recipe recommendation platform Yummly, which was valued at $100m as of 2015, in an acquisition by appliance maker Whirlpool.

May 4, 2017

Yik Yak's founders give up the ghost

The Renren-backed social media platform has formally announced it will shut down this week, with Square paying about $1m for some of its engineers and IP.

May 4, 2017

Hootsuite to integrate startups in $5m fund

The social media management platform has created a $5m vehicle dubbed Hootsuite Integration Fund to support developers building apps on its platform.

May 3, 2017

Live.me streams $60m of funding

Internet company Cheetah Mobile is part of a consortium that committed $60m in funding to its video streaming spinout, Live.me.

May 2, 2017

Swinburne and Stuttgart to collaborate on spinouts

The two universities have signed a partnership agreement that aims to increase research collaboration, boost commercialisation activities and develop a joint PhD program.

May 2, 2017
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